The long wait is over. After almost two years of waiting for this moment, we have in our hands (rather on our screens) the first chapter of the eighth and final season of Game Of Thrones. As in the last season, we enjoyed the episode at the same time as the first in the United States.

The great war has arrived, the wall has fallen and the army of the undead King of the night is heading towards Westeros with a very clear idea. The end is there but who will sit on the throne? -With this brief summary, we are selling the first 54 minutes of this new delivery-.

The most severe winter has knocked on the door of our protagonists and, unfortunately, this winter brings not only cold, but also death. There is a long chasm separating the first season of the series from what we see today. What initially emerged from a pilot chapter that had to be redone because no one believed in this project except for the directors of HBO, has now become the largest production of recent years, not only for the money invested, but also for the entourage of its followers, which has to its credit a macro and macro disclosure.

Episode 01 (yes, the chapter is called that) it lasts about an hour, it is written by David Benioff and DB Weiss and commissioned by the director David Nutter Whether you are one of the early risers or night owls who decided to see the chapter late at night, as if you were one of those who had not seen it yet, we would like to point out that this article may contain spoilers.

At first, we have mixed feelings, feelings that we have not remembered for more than a year and a half or that we left in a drawer. With extraordinary power, the first chapter of the eighth installment could be considered the best opening of the season in the entire history of Game of Thrones. You literally do not know where the shots come from, even though it's worth noting that, in the exact sense of the word, it's the shots that are missing. Maybe waiting for the waiting can play tricks on us or maybe it will make us enjoy it even more.

To enter the chapter once, after each of the seasons that have been a change in the series, this same change leads to another more important one is the header. The mythical anthem appears by riding the flight with one of the most epic and scary entries for the viewer. Examining each of its details means not stopping to think about theories: Why will this character die? Why does this house appear here and this way?

Conversations, looks, meetings, dragons, fire, fear, cold. All these words could describe the 54 minutes we have just left. This chapter could be described as a chapter of sensations that mainly take place in Winterfell. It seems that we are facing a calm where it is expected that the storm will come with the winter, but we have always wanted to clarify that we can not stay calm, the threat has already hit to our doors and is here to stay.

The arrival of Jon and Daenerys with an army of southerners, he does not meet any of the northerners, who seem to be wary of what he legitimately believes to be a queen and who swore allegiance and was made king of the North. This arrival and Jon's previous "surrender" to recognized Targaryen alone they fall like a pot of cold water among the Stark family. Winterfell's dear lady, Sansa Stark, does not approve of Daenerys at any time, despite the fact that it gives her the north and all that that implies. This apparent enmity can become one of the most important plots of this series. While it's true that there are enough frames, this could be the best of last season because everything could collapse in minutes. The Stark get together fully and although the love that some people feel for others is what stands out, coldness and mistrust seem to want to leave them.

Now all the main players are in the same physical and temporary space, waiting for the walkers to come in, as we said, with meetings that we thought would not happen at any time. Arya and Gendry, Tyrion and Sansaor Arya and Jon They are the ones who stand out from the others.

The more than 40 weeks of post-production are noticed in every scene, every minute and every second. The links that united all the intrigues seemed to have been forged over the past season, but now everything collapses to try to give more importance to the interests of each other than to survival. . Some secrets are revealed with an intensity that we could give at the end of the season.

Two years of intense cinematographic work

Its duration is small enough for all that they mean and for all that they should, which, in our opinion, will end up being a bill, because such a density can not be explained in a so short a lapse of time. Without a doubt the cinematic aspect that they wanted to give is visible to the leagues; its production has improved to unsuspected limits and its form also grotesque, coarse and detailed at the same time supposes a great improvement. This is one of its highlights, as is the visual appearance and special effects.

Despite Game Of Thrones noted for its long dialogues, this chapter would not fit in the list of the best for this aspect but did not need it. The images speak for themselves at all times and in depth, the sharpness and the narrative accumulation express better. The difficulty and history of each character is incumbent on all others, because they had to unite by a greater force that would lead them to give up everything they learned, their morals and their ethics; they must kneel or be loyal to people that they would never want to admire.

Humor acquires an important role that he may have never had before. This may have an explanation, and that is that, given the density shown in these chapters, humor helps break the ice come back to catch our attention.

In short, from the first minute to the last, the development follows the same structure as the previous deliveries; all the characters seem to have moved their chips on a board where losing would lead to death. And this is precisely what worries us the most because there came a time when the famous phrase "who will sit on the iron throne? it's going to the bottom. Now, the important thing is who dies, who does not die and what will happen to the white walkers. These are the great absences of a chapter filled with subplots that end up being united by destiny, and that is perhaps what we lack in front of a chapter on which we can not put any important success.